Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-12-09
NEWS of THE DAY.

NEWS OF THE DAY.
Thus far this year 5 Ass building permits
have been granted in Baltimore
Sixty four iiehermen irGm Prorncetown,
Mass. alone, have lost their lives during the
year.
Ten thousand dollars worth OF macaroni
was burned in Ragelo & Enanos factory,
Philadelphia, yesterday.
Gen. R. Snowden Andrews, brigadier.
general and chief of artillery on the staff OF
the Governor of Maryland, has resigned.
Assemblies 3O7 and 1909, K. of L. of Chi
capo, have been suspended by order OF zen.
eral Master Workman Powderiy for insuoor'
dination.
Hcldship & Irwin. oil re6ners Of Pittsburg,
will sue the Pennsylvania Railroad Compa-
ny for $4,000 damages for alleged unjust
rates discrimination.
Mr.. Vaudeville, who is prisoner In
Tullarore jail, has been subjected to bread
and water diet for forty eight hours for re-
fusing 10 clean his CELL
1t il prorosed to amend the House rules
30 as to curtail Mr.. Randall'5 power to hold
back bills should he be appointed chairman
of the appropriation committee
Charles ]. Campbell was yesterday sen
fenced to New York state prison for two
wears and three months for sending black
mailing letter to President King, of the Erie
Railroad.
The United States Express Company,
which absorbed the B. and o. Express, has
been shut of from local business over the
Reading Railroad between Philadelphia
and New York.
The Choctaws, becoming impatient at he
Senate for not hurryiog up count Of the
vote at The last election and declaring
their chief, have sworn 10 Judge Mays as
chief end Sam" Smith as assistant chief.
Mr. BIaine's friends controlled the pre-
ceedings of the national republican com
mittee. 1t is thought that his nomination
for the presidency is assured, and that
Cleveland and Blaine will again make the
race in 1888.
About 100 of the shuckers ut oyster
packing house, at Locust Point, Baltimore,
went on strike yesterday because they OBJ
iected to new gallon measure as being lar.
ger than the old one. They also ask the
removal Of the foreman of the establishment.
The Berlin Magdburger Zeitung's cores
pondent a. San Reno says that during the
past few days the physicians attending the
I Crown Prince have expressed hope not only
that his life will be preserved, but also that
he will completely recover from his throat
trouble.
Miss Catherine Gee WAS bitten by The
came dog whose bite caused the death in
WaverIy, o, of Mr.. DIETRICH few days ego.
Miss Gees wound was on the arm, and soop
healed but on Friday last the sore reopen
ed, the patient became avsrse to water,
and ia rapidly showing signs OF hydrophobia.
A widespread coal famine has been pre-
vailiug through the entire western part oil
Kansas for some time. One night last week
farmers captured a train Of coal cars and
took what they wanted. Upon one of the
wagons which was filled with coal Wednes-
day night was the motto, Goal or Blood
The Episcopal convention met at vii.
mngton, Del, yesterday to choose succes
sor 70 Bishop Lee. Rev. Boyd Vincent, OF
Pittsburg, Joseph Gary, Of Saratoga, and
DR.. z. II. Kinsolving, Of Philadelphia,
were nominated by the clerical delegates.
but failed to receive the two thirds necessa.
nv for confirmation. The convention will
meet in June at Dover.
Erastus Wiman says that the loDg-tslkec'
of railroad bridge acrots the Kill Won KulI,
between Staten Island and the New Jersey
shore, is under contract 10 be completed by
the latter part of next June. The Keystone
Bridge Company will do the work, and a
large share OF the iron sections of the bridge
is already completed. MIR. Wiman says that
the bridge company includes important
English railway interests, and is organized
on solid business basis.
A couple of months ago GsE nh,.r nH Man
Kupferscbmidt arrived '.' hoam,;rn, - yonne
isdn aSeompaeSaiog together and were said to
my oeen married. a day or two ago Mrs
I Morrison, the mother OF the girl, arrived
from Dakota. She stated that kupfer
schmidt was priest who had eloped with
her daughter from Dakota. She induced
the girl to return to Dakota, and the priest
was so affected By her desertion of him that
he went crazy, and while in custody COM
mitted suicide by cutting his throat with 8
pen-knife.